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Mosquitos, Ar-234's, A-20 ...

Posted by Richard Allnutt on Wed Oct 09, 2002 12:23:41 PM

In reply top Re: New built bombers posted by Tony C on Wed Oct 09, 2002 10:46:03 AM

All of these are beautiful aircraft, and would have a market both at airshows and with potential buyers. They are significant types, either from the role they played or from a technological perspective, and relatively simple enough to construct on a reasonable budget. We have already seen that reconstructions of the Mosquito are possible, the technology for the Ar-234 can't be much harder than the Me-262's that are under fabrication, and that with the Australian cache of Boston/A-20 parts it would be feasible to set up a small production line of these aircraft as well... still, I would love to see some of the unsung, and extinct (or nearly so) RAF types come back to life... how about a Flight of Hampdens, or Brigands for instance, but I doubt there are many people out there whom would pay the $3-$4 million per aircraft required to make such a dream come true. Still, we can hope, right?

Cheers,
Richard

: Hi Cees,
: A bit like Paul's "A little something for the weekend" slo
: t but I'm all for it so.........
:
: .....anything to do with Bomber Command, as long as it doe
: sn't end with an X !!!
:
: First choice would be the Wellington followed closely by t
: he Whitley and then the Stirling.
:
: Why not have a flight of Battles and while not Bomber Comm
: and but what about the Sunderland.
:
: Of course, a production run of Lancaster's would have to b
: e looked at and if undertaken, then several of the "specia
: ls" could be produced like the Dambuster and Tallboy carry
: ing Lancs.
:
: Oh, alright, I suppose that we could include the Halifax a
: s well, but which mark. I would take W1048, rebuild it to
: static for Hendon and then build a flight, from the templa
: tes made.
:
: If we're taking about extinct frames, then I chose the Man
: chester, but with flame retardant engines, or the Wellesle
: y.
:
: Further, when finished, why not allow the public to take a
: local flight and pay for the privilege, this would surely
: attract a lot of attention and help to cover costs of ope
: rating. Whoops, forgot the government won't let us, will t
: hey!!!
:
: Just my thoughts, what would you like to see built (silly
: question, I suppose).
:
: Tony

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